John paulu



(No Model.)

J. PAULU.

COMBINED WAGON STANDARD AND BOLSTER IRON.

Patented Oct. 4, 1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PAULU, OF MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN.

- COMBINED WAGON-STANDARD AND BOLSTER -IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,778 dated October4, 1881.

Application filed March 23, 1881. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN PAULU, acitizen of the United States, residingat the city and county of Milwaukee, in the State of Wisconsin, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Wagon Standardsand Bolster-Irons and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being held to the accompanying drawings, and to letters orfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention consists in a combined malleable-iron standard, end andside bolster-bands,

. supporting standard braces and lugs, all cast in a single piece, allof which is further explained by reference to the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 represents a perspective View. Fig. 2 is an end view,having the upper part of standard removed.

Like parts are represented by the same ref: erence-letters in bothviews.

Ais the standard. B O are strengtheningribs. S is the bolster.

The lower end of the standard terminates at the bolsterin foursupporting-braces, HI J K. The lower ends of the supporting-braces areconnected by bands M and R. The band It serves the threefold purpose ofshielding the end of the bolster from the action of the weather,prevents it from being split and broken, and resists the tendency of thesupporting-braces to spread.

O and P are clips or lugs, which, after the standard has first beenbolted to the bolster, are bent around the sides and against the lowersurface of the bolster, where they are permanently secured by nails orscrews, as shown.

The bands or plates R and M afl'ord a broad supporting-base for thestandard, which is thereby adapted to resist great outward pressure uponthe standard and permit of the bolts 'N N N being inserted at suchdistances apart its liability of splitting.

as shall not endanger the bolster or increase The bolts N are alsoinserted through the bolster upon different planes, that the danger ofsplitting may be still further diminished. The outside braces, H and J,are respectively provided with lugs V V, which are adapted to resist thedownward pressure arisingfrom an outward pressure upon the standard.

F is an ordinary extension-stake, used only with high loads or doublewagon-boxes. It is retained at its upper end by band D, and at its lowerend in hole T. The band D is secured to the respective sides of thestandard in recesses provided therefor by bolt E.

The advantages of my combined standard and bolster-irons is obvious. Bythe use of it the many parts, consisting of the several braces, side andend plates, which have heretofore been forged in separate pieces, andwhich required skilled labor, both in making and attaching, aredispensed with, and my standard and bolster-irons thus formed in onepiece are adapted to be quickly and easily attached with less expensivelabor.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article ofmanufacture, a combined standard and bolster-irons,consisting in plate or standard A, provided with ribs B O, arrangedtransversely thereto, having diverging bars or supporting-braces H I JK, curving outwardly from a common center, and adapted to be bolted tothe respective sides of the bolster, said braces being connectedtogether by plates M M and R, and clips or lugs O and 1?, adapted to besecured around the sides and lower surface of the bolster, allsubstantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN PAULU.

Witnesses:

J AS. B. ERWIN, H. E. SWAIN.

